| 单词 | prevailing |
| 释义 | prevailing 1. < the prevailing doctrine of the age > 2. a. < windows facing the prevailing wind > b. < adapted a loose structure of prevailing ideas to the needs of his own temperament — M.D.Geismar > Synonyms: < the prevailing point of view among farmers > < the prevailing tendency to obliterate the dividing lines between all the arts — J.L.Lowes > < the predominant English taste, the prevailing English authority, of his time — H.L.Mencken > < anyone acquainted with the literature of the first decade after the war must have noticed a prevailing tone of disgust — C.D.Lewis > prevalent applies to what is general or common over a given area at a given time, stressing less than prevailing an implicit comparison with other things of the same kind or class < confined by the classical tradition still prevalent in their time — Huntington Hartford > < a prevalent feature in these compositions was a nursed and petted melancholy — Mark Twain > < this custom is similar to customs prevalent in different parts of Europe — K.D.Upadhyaya > < the disease is most prevalent in countries where there are large populations of both sheep and dogs — L.K.Whitten > rife adds to prevalent the idea of great abundance or rapid spread by increase < when cutthroat competition was rife in most industries — Textbooks in Education > < for slavery of all kinds was rife throughout the island — Alan Villiers > < disease was once more rife in the herds — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < literary production is rife in Puerto Rico — R.M.Lovett > current applies especially to something that changes with time and implies existence or prevalence at the time specified or understood, chiefly the present < the present vogue of racialism in the West, however, has really little to do with current scientific hypotheses — A.J.Toynbee > < caught in the drift of current social thinking — C.A. & Mary Beard > < resisted the temptation to use phrases that are merely current usage — L.A.Weigle > |
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